Sentence examples for legislative impediments from inspiring English sources
Elferink blamed legislative impediments for a failure to keep detainees, staff and the public safe during a number of recent critical incidents, and said the bill was aimed at "mitigating incidents regarding young people where they may compromise the safety of the public and their confidence in the integrity of the youth detention system".
Though Cannon was a Republican, he proved to be a legislative impediment to Republican President Theodore Roosevelt.
And, certainly the Supreme Court, precedent and legislative histories are impediments.
The scheme would have restricted public access to information regarding the deliberative process used by state and legislative leaders -- an impediment to open and accountable government.
She also echoes (as Zakaria himself did) another Beltway realist's jibe that leftish critics think "every known impediment to the legislative process -- special interest lobbying, the filibuster, macroeconomic conditions, not to mention certain settled beliefs of public opinion -- are but tiny stick huts trembling in the face of the atomic bomb of the presidential speech".
Beleno says, "Right now I don't see any impediment in supporting the legislative agenda of Mayor Duterte".
Many of the conservative lawmakers the chamber helped elect are now an impediment to the business lobby's legislative priorities, either by contributing to Congress' dysfunction or by actively opposing chamber-backed measures.
Speaking on the final day of the legislative session that installed a new generation of leaders, Mr. Li vowed to ease impediments to private investment, rein in the powerful interests that dominate large sectors of the economy and scale back an unwieldy, intrusive bureaucracy that he acknowledged often frustrated entrepreneurs and citizens.
Mr. Abdnor was all but unknown outside his state, had a conservative voting record but few legislative accomplishments, and was as plain-spoken as politicians come, with the added distraction of a word-slurring speech impediment.
But many impediments remain.
